We. Have. Found. It. Seriously, the way the car handled today was DRAMATICALLY unlike any Subaru I have ever driven.
Setup:
KW V3. Standard spring rates. One turn from stiff compression. One and a half rebound.
PDE front plates, stock rear top-hats.
Whiteline 27-29 front sway, stiff setting
Whiteline 22-26 rear sway, middle setting
Whiteline ALK
Carlab X-Brace in the back, M-1 chromoly subframe brace, no front strut bar.
2.6 degrees front camber, 0.1 degrees front toe-out.
1.6 degrees rear camber, 0.01 degrees rear toe-in.
Stoptech 335 BBK PFC-01 Brake pads front, Carbotech XP8 rear
Race Comp Engineering Brake Ducts
Goodyear GSCS DOT tires. 36 psi hot front 34 psi hot rear.
Sparco Pro 2000 Race seat.
Kartboy Short shifter
I have driven over 400 Subaru’s in the last 3 years. None feels ANYTHING like this car. Every other Subaru I have driven requires a bit of “man-handling” or “making it turn.” This car steers like a Vette, or a Miata. Fingertips guide the front end where to go, throttle easily controls the attitude of the car. I think I need to credit a lot of this to the M-1 front subframe brace. It does make sense that the massive loading of the lower-control-arms into to what appears to be a flexible area could contribute to the comparatively poor steering feel in most Subaru’s.
If anybody would like to do this exact setup and have us come out and set it up at any of the tracks that are on the One Lap of America route we will do it for a very low price
SS
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Scott
Performance Engineer
Subaru of Gwinnett
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